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If ESPN is ****ed off at both FSU and Clemson
I don't believe ESPN is "****ed off" at either fsu or Clemson.
What has ESPN done to this point to demonstrate it has the ACC's back in the two lawsuits?
There hasn't been one leak confirming the media rights deal option for 2027-2036 will indeed be extended by the Feb. 1, 2025 deadline.
Pete Thamel — who's pretty much Greg Sankey's mouthpiece at ESPN — said in December that the SEC would "play defense because they don't want the Big Ten to come into their region" and that the Top 4 expansion candidates were, in order, UNC, UVA, fsu and Clemson (and that was after fsu's whining about getting left out of the CFP).
If Sankey wants FSU and Clemson — and it sure appears he does — then ESPN will do whatever it takes to make their path to the SEC as simple as possible.
From July 2022 at the SEC football media days:
Sankey was asked if he had any interest in expanding beyond 16.
“We’re attentive, we’re engaged in conversation," said. "The great news for the Southeastern Conference is people call and say, 'Hey you’re doing something special.' They kind of hint around the edges. We’ll watch what happens around us. And be thoughtful, but be nimble.”